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"Written around 1660, the unique Chinese short story collection Idle Talk under the Bean Arbor (Doupeng xianhua), by the author known only as Aina the Layman, uses the seemingly innocuous setting of neighbors swapping yarns on hot summer days under a shady arbor to create a series of stories that embody deep disillusionment with traditional values. The tales, ostensibly told by different narrators, parody heroic legends and explore issues that contributed to the fall of the Ming dynasty a couple of decades before this collection was written, including self-centeredness and social violence. These stories speak to all troubled times, demanding that readers confront the pretense that may lurk behind moralistic stances. Idle Talk under the Bean Arbor presents all twelve stories in English translation along with notes from the original commentator, as well as a helpful introduction and analysis of individual stories."--Publisher description.

Short stories, Chinese. --- Chinese fiction --- Chinese short stories --- Short stories, Chinese --- S16/0450 --- China: Literature and theatrical art--Traditional tales and short stories (incl. Zhanguoce; Liaozhai) essays, letters, prose: texts and translations

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Presents ten post-1990 short stories by prominent writers such as Su Tong and Yu Hua sutable for the advanced language student.

Chinese language --- Short stories, Chinese --- S15/1100 --- S16/0470 --- Chinese short stories --- Chinese fiction --- Sino-Tibetan languages --- English --- China: Language--Reading aids (e.g. annotated Chinese texts) --- China: Literature and theatrical art--Modern tales, short stories, prose: texts and translations --- Short stories, Chinese. --- English.

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Stories Old and New is the first complete translation of Feng Menglong's Gujin xiaoshuo (also known as Yushi mingyan, Illustrious Words to Instruct the World), a collection of 40 short stories first published in 1620 in China. This is considered the best of Feng's three such collections and was a pivotal work in the development of vernacular fiction. The stories are valuable as examples of early fiction and for their detailed depiction of daily life among a broad range of social classes. The stories are populated by scholars and courtesans, spirits and ghosts, Buddhist monks and nuns, pirates and emperors, and officials both virtuous and corrupt. The streets and abodes of late-Ming China come alive in Shuhui Yang and Yunqin Yang's smooth and colorful translation of these entertaining tales. Stories Old and New has long been popular in China and has been published there in numerous editions. Although some of the stories have appeared in English translations in journals and anthologies, they have not previously been presented sequentially in thematic pairs as arranged by Feng Menglong. This unabridged translation, illustrated with a selection of woodcuts from the original Ming dynasty edition and including Feng's interlinear notes and marginal comments, as well as all of the verse woven throughout the text, allows the modern reader to experience the text as did its first audience nearly four centuries ago. For other titles in the collection go to http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/books/ming.html

Feng, Menglong, --- Feng, Meng-lung, --- Feng, Mung-lung, --- Phùng, Mộng Long, --- Fėn, Mėnlun, --- Fū, Bōryō, --- Hyō, Muryū, --- 馮夢龍, --- 冯梦龙, --- Long, Ziyou, --- Lung, Tzu-yu, --- 龙子犹, --- Feng, Youlong, --- Feng, Yu-lung, --- 馮猶龍, --- 冯犹龙, --- Boku, Kansai, --- 墨憨斋, --- Mohanzhaizhuren, --- Mo-han-chai-chu-jen, --- 墨憨斋主人, --- Cinu, --- Tzʻu-nu, --- 词奴, --- Guqusanren, --- Ku-chʻü-san-jen, --- 顾曲散人, --- Pingpinggezhuren, --- Pʻing-pʻing-ko-chu-jen, --- 平平阁主人, --- Wu'aijushi, --- Wu-ai-chü-shih, --- 无碍居士, --- Ranweng, --- 髯翁, --- Feng, Eryou, --- 冯耳犹 , --- Feng, Ziyou, --- Feng, Tzu-yu, --- 冯子犹 , --- Maoyuanwaishi, --- 茂苑外史, --- Zhanzhanwaishi, --- 詹詹外史, --- Zhang, Wujiu, --- 张无咎, --- Lütianguanzhuren, --- 绿天馆主人, --- Longxikeyijushi, --- 陇西可一居士, --- Maoyuanyeshi, --- 茂苑野史, --- Xiangyuejuzhuren, --- 香月居主人, --- Baowenglaoren, --- 抱瓮老人, --- Xiaohuazhuren, --- 笑花主人, --- Mao yuan ye ren, --- Mao yüan yeh jen, --- Fubaizhuren, --- Fu-pai-chu-jen, --- 浮白主人, --- S16/0418 --- S16/0450 --- China: Literature and theatrical art--Traditional novels: Ming: studies, texts and translations --- China: Literature and theatrical art--Traditional tales and short stories (incl. Zhanguoce; Liaozhai) essays, letters, prose: texts and translations --- Chinese literature. --- Short stories, Chinese. --- Chinese short stories --- Chinese fiction --- feng, meng long --- 冯梦龙 --- 馮夢龍